Create a regular button instead of a "Submit Button". On that button change the type dropdown to "Submit", then click on the "Submit" tab and choose "PDF" as the filetype to send.

You will need an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server to make this possible for users who only have Reader and not full Acrobat. It requires a copy of the filled-out PDF to be saved in order to send it, and Reader doesn't have the ability to save a file without the extended rights from a Reader Extensions Server.

I'm new to Acrobat, in fact only designed first interactive form today :)

I like the idea posted above about emailing as a PDF for those users that only have Reader.

I unaware of what PDL means by "You will need an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server to make this possible for users who only have Reader" and "Reader doesn't have the ability to save a file without the extended rights from a Reader Extensions Server."

I'm designing in Acrobat Professional 8, is it possible to achieve this and can you point me in the right direction?

Can anyone teach me how to send the filled out form in pdf to send as a PDF, because currently i created pdf using the Acrobat Professional 8 and Adobe LifeCycle Designer, went the person receive the email it shows special character in the body of the email, i want it to be send the filled out form as an attachement so that the user will just download the filled out pdf.. Please help me regarding my problem.. I need this to be fix asap. And i need this badly..

I'd advise against trying to send by email. It is usually unsuitable
for many, many reasons. For HTML forms, an experienced web programmer
needs to write the server back end (ASP, CGI, PHP...) . PDF forms are
no simpler.

I know there used to be a way to do it on Designer 7. I think there were three options in the Object panel for "what type" of data to send. I am not finding it in Designer 8. Yes it'll take you some scripting if you want to handle to XML, but you can use whatever you got, practically, and it'll work. If you want that E-mail button to work , your audience MUST HAVE an e-amil software client (like OUTLOOK/Entourage) configured on their machine (most do not). Still, I want to know where the "send as PDF" functionality went???

It still exists on the same "Object" tab as in Designer 7. You have to create a regular button, not an e-mail button, change the type to submit, then on the Submit tab choose the submit type as PDF.

Please note: Unless you enable the form through an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server, people who only have Reader WILL NOT be able to submit the form if it is set to submit in PDF format, since that operation requires save rights.

another question on this topic
In the previous answer to the question regarding the form receiver only having Adobe Reader and not being able to open the XML form:
"
Please note: Unless you enable the form through an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server, people who only have Reader WILL NOT be able to submit the form if it is set to submit in PDF format, since that operation requires save rights. "

Can I accomplish this(enabling A LC Reader Extensions Server) on my (the form designer's) end? How?

I'm not sure what you meant by "Found the line:". I assume it's a line of code you can reveal in the PDF somewhere.I'd be interested if you could explain how or where you found this line and if changing it is a solution that would work for people without an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server.

I'm not an experienced user, but have found that I can simply import the data sent to me in .xml format into an original copy of my PDF form. To do this I used the Forms>Manage Form Data> Import Data options from the menu and imported the .xml file I recieved from a user of my PDF form into an original copy of the PDF form and saved it.

While not really answering the question of how to send a filled in form via email in PDF format, it is a workaround that has met my needs without having the knowlege of how to find the 'line' you're referring to or how to set up an Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server to make this possible for users who only have Reader and not full Acrobat.

In fact, it was such a relief to find this alternative method that I thought I'd create an account and share it with anyone else looking for a similar solution, quickly.

I need the submit button to send me the email without the client side email program poping up. I want it to work like a form submit buttom only I want the pdf file sent to my email. The mailto: option calls the email client. Is their a server side script or way to do this I'm using acrbat 9 pro.

//@@SUBMITURL "mailto:abc@xyz.com?subject=Submitting Completed Form&body=Instructions to add this form to a responses file:\n1. Double-click the attachment.\n2. Acrobat will prompt you to select a responses file.&ui=false"

/**************************************************************

AdobePatentID="B643"

**************************************************************/

var AdobePatentID = "AdobePatentID=\"B643\"";

// initiate some constants

var METADATA_ANNOT_NAME = "adhocFormState";

var PROP_RESPONDENT_NAME = "respondentName";

var PROP_RESPONDENT_EMAIL = "respondentEmail";

var currentDoc;

if (typeof(xfa) == "object")

currentDoc = event.target;

else

currentDoc = this;

// Only on Viewer/Reader older than 9.0, we'll do the following tasks.

var rawURL = "abc@xyz.com?subject=Submitting Completed Form&body=Instructions to add this form to a responses file:\n1. Double-click the attachment.\n2. Acrobat will prompt you to select a responses file.&ui=false";

You are brilliant! This simple process has saved me tons of time and confusion. It's exactly what I was looking for, and I don't have to worry about what software the other users have. Thank you so much!

My bank in another state has emailed me a form to fill out. I have completed filling it out and because my printer is currently down, I need to send the form back to the bank which I have an email address for. However, I haven't yet been successful in getting it sent back to them. I normally use Gmail as my email client. The form which the bank sent me (via email) is an Adobe document. I'm puzzled about how I can get the completed form back to them via email. Can anyone help?

I apologize for not being more specific - I assumed by hitting reply to a specific post that it would be called out.

I was referring to Post #31.

My company creates order forms and distributes them to our customers.

Typically my designers create the order forms, and they are sent directly back to them once filled out by the customer for order fulfillment.

Now we are dealing with a larger customer that requires purchasing as well as sales to be copied on the submission for confirmation.

The issue is that we cannot change the E-Mail address that the 'Submit Form' button in LiveCycle is directed to.

In waiting over 3 days for Adobe tech support to get back to me on a time sensitive matter, I have spent quite a bit of time trying to find alternative solutions on my own.

1.) I have tried setting up the 'Button' from scratch, and submitting the pdf via HTML by typing mailto:desiredemailaddress.com

This worked on computers we tested that had older versions of Adobe, but the new versions still reverted back to the initial single email.

2.) I have tried purchasing Live Cycle on a different users computer and creating the button from there.

I have recently read that by changing the identity of the Adobe Acrobat user and redistributing the form, it could partially solve the issue - however, it still will not allow us to include multiple emails in the submission, including addresses that are not within our organization.

OK. You said you're using the Distribute Form feature of Acrobat. If you don't do this you will have more flexibility (including specifying multiple recipients), but then you won't be able to use the Tracker feature either. So my first question would be are you relying on Tracker to collect the responses?

When you use the Distibute Form feature in Acrobat, it adds some JavaScript for submitting the form, some things that make it work with Tracker, and finally Reader-enables the form. You can do the first and last steps yourself.